The CONTEXT for the following is serious and should be understood by us all. See 2008-12-11 … “Massively organized information (MOI)”. SWAT team raids Ohio Food Co-op, Jackie Stowers. Government “fronts”.
It’s more than Government serving corporate interests. Governments are converting themselves to corporations. Another disturbing example – yesterday I had to phone about a Saskatchewan health card. The recorded message said:
” … Health Registration that formerly included Vital Statistics. Vital Statistics has re-located to the INFORMATION SERVICES CORPORATION”.
THINK:
If you read a news report that says the President of the Information Services Corporation has signed a contract, for example with Lockheed Martin Corporation, will you have any idea that the records of all the births, marriages, deaths and health cards may now be accessible to an American Corporation? And thus to the American Government because of the Patriot Act? You wouldn’t have a clue because you can’t tell by the name that the Information Services Corporation is a Government Department.
I often point out “Government Fronts” – entities that are publicly funded (in this case an actual Government Department), but the name conceals the relationship. It’s wrong and very dangerous. It is a way of concealing anything that the Corporations and Government want to do. Loss of privacy and sovereignty go with loss of information made possible by the manipulation of language. A Government Department is not a Corporation.
Too many people still don’t get it. The #1 problem we have to solve is:
business corporations are running the show. Until we put an end to that, it is impossible to make headway on other pressing issues. Lobbying Governments is futile because they are dancing to the tune of the large corporations.
There is one person who hits the nail on the head. Ralph Nader.
Click on the first video at this link. http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=74&jumival=197
It is excellent. Unfortunately, the label doesn’t actually tell that it’s about corporate governance. (The title is: Nader and the Democrats).
I had the good fortune to briefly meet and speak with Ralph Nader when he was in Regina. These are people just like us. Ralph’s whole life has been this fight on our behalf. His accomplishments have benefitted Canadians as much as Americans.
Duff Conacher (Democracy Watch, Canada) was travelling with Ralph. Side note: Democracy Watch launched a court case challenging the legality of the October Election call. I hope the challenge is successful. A Government above the law is not a democratic government. Illusion and myths.